Stubble-cutter attachment for corn-harvesters.



A zmm aza 1 I I I. Jlfibg ejs No. 737,650. PATENTED SEPT.1, 1903.

. W. A. MOOOLLOUGH. STUBBLE GUTTER ATTACHMENT FOR CORN HARVESTERS.

APPLICATION FILED OUT. 25. 1901.

I0 MODEL.

Patented September 1, 1903.

PATENT OF ICE.

TVILLIAM ARNOLD MOOOLLOUGH, OF LAMOILLE, IOWA.

STUBBLE-CUTTER ATTACHMENT FOR CORN-HARVESTERS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of LettersPatent No. 737,650, dated September 1, 1903.

Application filed October 25, 1901. Serial No. 80,011. (No model.)

T0 at; whom it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM ARNOLD Mo- COLLOUGH, a citizen of the United States, residing at Lamoille, in the county of Marshall and State of Iowa, have invented a new and useful Oornstalk-Stubble (Jutter,of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to an improved stubble-cutting attachment for corn-harvesting machines; and it has for its object to provide a device of this class which shall be simple and inexpensive andwhich may be readily applied to a corn-harvester of ordinary construction for the purpose of cutting ofi the stubble close to the ground in order to clear the field and to hasten the decay of the stubble, thus placing the ground in better condition for future cultivation than when the stubble is left standing.

My invention consists in the improved construction, arrangement, and combination of parts,which willbe hereinafterfullydescribed, and particularly pointed out in the claim.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective View showing a part of a cornharvesting machine to which my improved stubble-cutting attachment is applied in 0perative position. Fig. 2 is a perspective detail view of my improved stubble-cutting attachment.

Corresponding parts in both figures are indicated by like numerals of reference.

1 designates a bar, which I term the dragbar, and which has a portion 2, bent at an obtuse angle to the body of the bar 1 and which forms a shoe adapted to ride upon the ground. The drag-bar l is provided at its upper forward end with an eye 3,and the shoe 2 has at its rear end a pivotal shank 4:.

5 designates a suitably-constructed knife or cutter secured to and extending laterally from the shoe 2. In the drawings bolts have been shown for attaching the knife or cutter to the shoe.

The drag-bar 1, having the shoe 2 and the laterally-extending cutter 5, practically constitutes my improved stubble-cutter; but for the purpose of connecting the same with a corn-harvester I avail myself of a link-rod 6, provided at its ends with eyes 7 and 8, the former of which engages the pivotal shank 4 link-rod 6 extending transversely across the space between the gatherers, thus disposing the knife or cutter 5 likewise transversely across the said space and in rear of the ordinary cutting apparatus which is customarily used in machines of this class. When the device is thus mounted, it will be seen that the shoe is free to ride upon the ground, the knife or cutter 5 being held by its own weight and by the weight of the remaining members of the device in a lowered position, so that it will engage the stubble and trim or cut it 01? close to the ground. The link connection 6 forms a loose joint which permits the device to adjust itself to inequalities in the ground, thus causing the stubble to be trimmed evenly and closely.

My improved device, it will be observed, is of exceedingly simple construction. It may be readily attached for operation to any cornharvester of ordinary construction, and by trimming or cutting the stubble in the mannor described it will assist in preparing the ground for future cultivation.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is A stubble-cutting attachment for corn-harvesters, comprising a drag-bar having an eye at its front end, a shoe havingapivotal shank at its rear end, a cutter mounted upon and extending laterally from the shoe, a link connected pivotally with the shank of the shoe and means for connecting the opposite end of said link and the front end of the drag-bar loosely with the harvester-frame.

WILLIAM ARNOLD MGOOLLOUGII.

Witnesses:

LUTHER L. LANE, JOHN PYLE. 

